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On Thursday 27 November 2008 13:07, Chris Tipney wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > Blimey - that seems more popular than I imagined. > > I'm up at Holsworthy Beacon - theres only 4 or 5 luggers around here.. > > I have a big workbench in my shippen which is about 20' long and 4' deep > > with a few power points. Its open to the breeze but I would imagine we > > could get 5 or 6 people with trying to resurrect machines simultaneously > > so bear that in mind for the summer and dont ditch old hardware.... > > > > Now if you lot down south could find a web enabled pub with a > > workbench........ > > > > I wonder if there is any test equipment we could get our hands on to > > help.. anyone know anything about PSU,memory,soundcard,memory etc etc > > testing? > > > > Tom te tom te tom > > I don't qualify as a pub (bring your own beer) but I do have have a > wifi enabled barn which is reasonably civilised. > > I also have a modest collection of random pc bits from the last 15 years > or so - generally 'free to good homes' if they are of any use. I don't > have the time to go through and list everything so a 'Resurrection day' > as Tom suggests seems a great idea. > > Any takers ? I'd be interested if one gets organised but its too far for me to be able to guarantee being there. I've got a large book on PC repairs somewhere if anyone wants to borrow it - a bit out of date but then most of the machines would be too... As a thought - if you are resurrecting a lot of PC's (well more than 2) I would imagine that it would be sensible to set up a repository proxy to speed things up a bit. Tom te tom teom > > Cheers all, > > Chris -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html